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What is the difference between thermal and solar energy?

I know that solar energy is energy from the sun converted into elctrical energy and all that great stuff, but if you heat a sheet of flashing copper, put it in the sun and it makes a little more energy than it did in the shade, is that thermal or solar energy

Answer:

like you said solar energy is energy form the sun converted into electrical energy but thermal energy is heat
Solar Thermal cells are used for heating water.
like you said solar energy is energy form the sun converted into electrical energy but thermal energy is heat
Solar Thermal cells are used for heating water.

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